The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-07

the wrong, Eben, and although country
people, who live near to natures heart
have certain tnalienable rights which
should be respected, yet their Ia no work
on etiquette which covers the case you al.
lude To-. asrsy & $50 a.
1t would be very difficult for me 10 write
out a code Of ethics for the government
Of your relative while in the country, and
from the description you give OF him
judge We could not enforce Il anyway with.
out calling out the State troops. .'t6 d,
Il take him to belong 10 that class oil
New York businessmen who are 90 active
doing nothing every day that In order to
imprees people with their importance they
arc In the habit Of pushing a woman OF
two Of the Brooklyn bridge In their wild
struggle TO get over into the City Hall
park and slt down. ! presume that he Ia
that kind Of a man here, and 90 we think
you ought TO get along with him through
July and August II we take him for the
rest Of the year. Z. f.S. 0
He la the kind that would knock down
an old woman in the morning in his
efforts 10 get the frat possible elevated
train and then do nothing else all day but
Try to recover from the shock. wouldn't
be surprised II he ultimately wrote book
on etiquette which will Inform country.
man how to conduct himself while he 10
in town. Maybe be Is writing II now. Z 81
! can imagine Eben, what sad havoc the
son OF such a man would create in your
quiet Piscstaquis home. In my minds
eye l can see MIN trying to carry out bis
fathers lofty notions OF refinement and
courtesy. ! can see his bright smile as he
lands at your door and begins to insert
himself into your home life, to breathe the
resinous air OF the plny woods and to pour
kerosene into the sugarbowl to chase the
gaudy decalcomanic butterfly and put an
gleworms in the churn.
In this mans book on etiquette he will
doubtless say that should you have occa.
sion while OF table to use a toothpick you
should hold napkin before your mouth
while doing so In order to avoid giving Of.
tense to those who are at table. It Is not
necessary for you to crawl under the table
TO pick you teeth or 20 out behind the
barn, for by throwing large napkin over
your head you can pick your teeth with
impunity, though you should not use a
fork, 90 1t doos not look well and might
put out your eye.
Nothing is more disgusting to refined
mind than to see man at table holding
one OF his eyes on fork and ecrutinizing
1t with the other.
In calling on lady who is away from
home leave your card. II the visit Is in.
tended for two or three ladies at the house
leave two or three cards, but do not turn
down the corner OF the card, as that Gus
tom 10 now exploded excsp. in three-ca,d
monte circlep, and even then 1t is regard.
ed with suspicion. i -
" All these things, however, are for, the
guidance Of people who come to town, and
thoee who 60 into the country are left
practically without any suitable book to
guide them. 74l!i5
do not know OF any better way for you
to do, Ebsn, than to write polite note to
your relatives, asking them il they con-
template paying you visit this summer,
and Ii 30 at what time, and whether they
will bring Henry or not. Use plain white
nnru!ed note paper and write only on one
side, unless you are mugwunp, in which
case you might write on both sides.
Then II they write that they do not con.
template paying you a yisi. without pay.
ing anything else, l do not know OF any
thing for you to do but to 20 away some
where for the summer. leaving your house
fully insured and in the hands of relia- |
bic incendiary. @3-lSIF
Write sgain, Eben, and feel perfectly |
free to come and lean on me in all mat |
ters Of etiquette. Do no. come to town
without hunting me up. You will find
inc a. the postotiice forenoons and in the !!
peat-houee during the afternoon.